TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Provence 21 Hiroshima

Travel Blogs from Hiroshima

... and wanting to prevent it from happening to anyone else. I do also believe that the nations of the world should withdraw from nuclear warfare use, but unfortunately I do not believe that this will ever happen because of the, "if we get rid of ours, you do too," mentality that all nations have. This visit to the museum and Peace Park of Hiroshima were very eye opening and I firmly believe that everyone should know the effects of nuclear warfare because it is a truly awful ...

... a-bomb dropped. There was a pretty big focus on children who either died or survived the a-bomb. Although some people survived they had many health issues and risks. The a-bomb used in Japan was the first time an atomic bomb had been used on humans. Of course this raises many moral questions that are often debated (should we have dropped the bomb or not?). When talking about historical ...

... that you could see the burnt items being described along with the original photos of dead or injured people as the first hand stories were being told in our audio player.

When we had finished our tour, we both commented that we had never been to any other historic site such as Bergen-Belson, Auschwitz or Dachau, and witnessed so many people who toured the memorial site in total silence.

... the popular maple cakes one stuffed with custard the other with chocolate. They tasted a little like angel food cake. Next we shared a steamed bun stuffed with beef which quite tasty. Full of local cuisine we returned to the ferry and made the trip back to our hotel. After a break rest we wandered a couple of blocks to a recommended Okonomyaki restaurant. Okonomyaki is a Japanese dish popular throughout Japan, each region putting their own spin on it. ...

... a national holiday in Japan meaning more people travelling; two, there was a huge tropical storm inbound from the south which meant people were panicking about trains being cancelled meaning more people travelling earlier. So it was that when the gleaming, white, sleek, post modern looking bullet train arrived I had to squeeze into a gangway where I was crushed between various types of BO, much like I have ...